‘Fresh pressure on Venezuela’ and a ‘Brexit betrayal’
The US President has increased “the pressure on Venezuela” after the White House warned that more armed forces could be applied to Caracas if “a set of conditions laid out by Marco Rubio” are not met by Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, the newspaper reported, leading the Financial Times today. Over the weekend, the United States captured the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. The USA accuses Maduro, who is accused of drug trafficking and weapons crimes, of running a “narco-terrorist” regime, but Maduro denies this allegation.
Trump’s warning to Caracas to toe the line or pay a “big price” is featured prominently on the Guardian’s front page. According to the newspaper, US officials said they would keep 15,000 troops in the Caribbean in case a new intervention was needed “if Venezuela’s interim president does not meet his demands.”
The Times also focuses on Trump’s warning to “Venezuela’s new leader” not to challenge the United States. Following questions about the president’s claim that the United States would rule the South American country, Trump said Delcy Rodríguez “will pay a very big price” if he doesn’t “do the right thing.”
The Daily Telegraph focuses on the possible next moves of Donald Trump, who has his sights set on Greenland. The paper includes a quote from the president in an interview with the Atlantic: “We need Greenland…we need it for defense.” Trump has previously refused to rule out using force to secure control of Greenland.
The majority of the Independent’s front page is occupied by a handcuffed Maduro surrounded by US Drug Enforcement Administration officers, accompanied by the words “WE ARE NOT AT WAR”. According to the newspaper, while Caracas’ military leaders call for the release of their president, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists that “America is at war with drug cartels, not with Venezuela.”
According to the Daily Mail, Labor MPs accused Sir Keir Starmer of “double standards” for not condemning the US attacks on Venezuela and the capture of Maduro. Sir Keir has so far said he “will shed no tears” over “America’s coup in Venezuela”. According to the newspaper, “left-wingers” want Britain to criticize its “biggest ally”.
i Paper takes a different approach, leading on Sir Keir’s comments that the UK is “moving ever closer” to the “EU’s single market”. The paper describes it as the “starkest sign yet” of a “radically softer Brexit deal”.
The Daily Express says Sir Keir has been accused of “a complete Brexit treason”. The newspaper quotes Reform England’s Richard Tice as saying that “the British will rightly be concerned” about Starmer’s pursuit of closer relations with Europe.
A photo of Anthony Joshua, the families of his two close friends and the team members who died in the horrific crash in Nigeria appears on the front page of the Daily Star. The British boxer shared a photo on social media showing himself sitting with his mother and the mothers of Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele, who died in the accident.
The Sun focuses on AJ’s “promise to the families of ‘brothers’ Ghami and Ayodele who died in the crash. Their funeral took place at a London mosque on Sunday. A source told the Sun that AJ was “fiercely loyal to his friends and family” and “will be there for them for the rest of their lives.”
Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson was photographed in the Daily Mirror with the painful revelation that her twin babies have a rare genetic disease. The 34-year-old actor reportedly said, “I am suffering from the life I thought I would live with my children” after his twin daughters were diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy.
